Hide the iTerm dock icon on Mac OS X

hide-iterm-dock-icon.md

Note: you can now configure this simply in iTerm2's application settings. Go to Preferences > Appearance > System and select "Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher".

On my dual-drive MacBook Pro I have remapped the eject key to F13 using Karabiner and NoEjectDelay. The eject key has been assigned as the hotkey for a guake-style visor terminal using iTerm2. Having its own hotkey precludes the need for an icon, so I prefer to hide the iTerm dock icon.

To hide the dock icon of iTerm2 on Mac OS X:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add :LSUIElement bool true' /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Info.plist

To undo the above:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Delete :LSUIElement' /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Info.plist

Disable animation of hotkey window on iTerm2:

defaults write com.googlecode.iterm2 HotkeyTermAnimationDuration -float 0.00001

tested with iTerm 2.0.0.20150412 on Apple MacBook Pro (Late 2011) running OS X 10.10.3

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Also you can remove Finder icon from app switcher (cmd + tab): http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/13/remove-finder-from-the-commandtab-application-switcher-in-mac-os-x/

It seems, that this does not work anymore (at least on MacOS Sierra or with iTerm 3.0.x). If I use that command, the dock icon will be hid but after closing iTerm2 it will not open again.

It works for me, iterm doesn't open if it is "closed unexpectedly".

As of v3.1.2, you can configure this behavior from iTerm2's Preferences: go to Appearance tab, under System -> Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher.

As of v3.1.2, you can configure this behavior from iTerm2's Preferences: go to Appearance tab, under System -> Exclude from Dock and ⌘-Tab Application Switcher.

Yep, this worked great!

A note for future readers, this is actually supported natively in the app now: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/415556/how-to-hide-the-iterm-icon-from-status-menu